Cards on the Table vs The Labours of Hercules: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Private investigators in fiction, Poirot, Hercule Poirot, Private investigators, England, English literature
Cards on the Table
It was the match-up of the century: four sleuths--Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective stories; Col. Race of His Majesty's Secret Service; and the incomparable Hercule…
1 film adaptation
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The Labours of Hercules
The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1947. It features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and gives an account of…
The verdict
- Readers rate Cards on the Table highest: Cards on the Table 4.0 · The Labours of Hercules 3.8.
- The Labours of Hercules has the widest readership — 33728 ratings behind its score.
- Cards on the Table runs the darker storyline; The Labours of Hercules stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Cards on the Table | The Labours of Hercules | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (5608) | 3.8 (33728) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (209) | 3.6 (87) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (53) | 4.5 (14) |
Reception
| Cards on the Table | The Labours of Hercules | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5608 | 33728 |
| Editions | 107 | 89 |
| Citations | 24 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 37370 | 20793 |
| Reading it now | — | 1253 |
| Written reviews | 5608 | 2236 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3748 | 3359 |
| Pages | 214 | 258 |